gymnastics
Let an agent explain gymnastics and its disciplines and apparatus, describe training, judging and competition, relay safety and safeguarding guidance, and describe history and governance with attribution.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What gymnastics is.
Disciplines
Disciplines and apparatus.
Disciplines
Disciplines.
- What are the disciplines of gymnastics, and what apparatus and elements does each use? definition
- Which discipline is meant? boundary
Judging
Judging.
Judging
Judging.
- How are routines scored under codes of points for difficulty and execution? provenance
- Is the scoring information current? boundary
Practise Training and safety.
Training
Training.
Training
Training.
- How do gymnasts train from recreational to elite levels, and how is progression structured? provenance
- Which entry fits gymnastics coaching? action
Safety
Safety and welfare.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety, injury prevention and safeguarding guidance do federations and welfare bodies provide? provenance
- Is a safeguarding concern present that needs reporting to authorities? boundary
Compete Competition and governance.
Competition
Competitions.
Competition
Competition.
- How are Olympic, world and continental competitions organised, and who are notable gymnasts? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific competition? action
Governance
Governance and reform.
Governance
Governance.
- What debates about athlete welfare, abuse and reform have shaped gymnastics governance, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did gymnastics develop from ancient exercise and nineteenth-century systems to modern sport? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is gymnastics taught in schools and clubs? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- acrobatics, wheel gymnastics, equestrian vaulting, Rope-dancing, freerunning, ski acrobatics, motorcycle stunt riding, aerial skiing, bicycle stunt, front aerial, artistic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics
What it is Filled
A group of sports involving exercises requiring strength, flexibility, balance, agility and coordination, including artistic gymnastics on apparatus such as floor, vault, bars, beam, rings and pommel horse, rhythmic gymnastics with hand apparatus, trampoline, acrobatic and aerobic gymnastics, and related disciplines such as wheel gymnastics, tumbling, parkour and freerunning, and historical rope-dancing; gymnastics is an Olympic sport governed by international and national federations and practised from recreational to elite levels.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain gymnastics and its disciplines and apparatus, describe training, judging and competition, relay safety and safeguarding guidance, and describe history and governance with attribution.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Apparatus
- Judged scoring
- Early specialisation
- Multiple disciplines
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Coach difficult skills for practice without a qualified coach and spotting.
- Encourage extreme weight control or training through injury, especially for children.
- Ignore or minimise reports of abuse in the sport.
- Publish images of young gymnasts in ways that sexualise or expose them.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting safeguarding concerns about a child to the authorities or the governing body.
May
- Explain the gymnastics disciplines, apparatus and judging.
- Relay safety and safeguarding guidance from governing bodies.
- Report results and scores from official sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Gymnastics has seen serious abuse of young athletes; safeguarding must come first.
- Training very young athletes hard raises questions of consent and long-term health.
Who is affected
- Young gymnasts
- Coaches and parents
- Judges
Owners Filled
Steward
The athlete themselves; national federations and the international federation govern competition and safeguarding.
Master systems
- Federation athlete registrations
- Safeguarding case records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q349 - registry parent class
related
- sport - category
- judo - another Olympic sport
- limb - the body in movement
- training - gymnastics training
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.gymnastics
- Wikidata: Q43450 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43450)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Exercises of strength, flexibility and balance
- Artistic, rhythmic, trampoline, acrobatic, aerobic
- Diving and figure skating share acrobatic elements but are separate sports; dance is not judged as sport
- Athletes performing on apparatus, mats and trampolines.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain disciplines and apparatus
- describe training and judging
- relay safety guidance
- describe history and governance
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Injury from falls and overuse
- Abuse and safeguarding failures in the sport
- Confusing disciplines
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- International federation codes of points
- Safeguarding and athlete welfare rules
- Equipment safety standards
Context of use required Filled
- Sports of strength, balance and agility.
- artistic gymnastics
- rhythmic gymnastics
- trampoline and tumbling
- acrobatic and aerobic gymnastics
- related disciplines such as parkour and wheel gymnastics
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q43450: gymnastics - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Gymnastics - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each discipline be a separate entry?
- How should federations be linked?
- How should safeguarding resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q43450/spec.json